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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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